Our Top 5 Stories This Week (Feb. 27 - Mar 2, 2018)
Here's the low-down on our hottest stories from the week:
1. Strong Towns Concepts Used to Shine a Light on Dangerous Streets
by Rachel Quednau | February 28, 2018
By providing the language to explain why fast-moving "stroads" are so treacherous, we hope to empower cities to make them safer.
2. Calming the Waters: How to Address Both Gentrification AND Concentrated Poverty
by Daniel Herriges | February 26, 2018
Overheated rhetoric and protest from all sides over neighborhood change are a reflection of the insecurity many of us feel over the future of places we love.
3. What if you and your neighbors redesigned your town's worst intersection?
by Kea Wilson | February 27, 2018
I asked four different neighbors how they would redesign a dangerous intersection in my town. Here's what they said.
4. Why This Street's Success Threatens the Status Quo
by Chris Naffziger | March 1, 2018
A St. Louis street proves that when individuals are left alone to work hard, experiment and dream, real change can occur — no tax subsidies needed.
by Kevin Klinkenberg | February 27, 2018
In order to get back to building the kinds of places we love the most, we have to embrace the messy, unpredictable and always-changing nature of life.
(Top photo source: Johnny Sanphillippo)